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From colonisation to globalisation: The impact of English on Greek, with particular reference to the dialect of Cyprus
Author(s) -
Stavroula Varella
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
odisea
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-1611
pISSN - 1578-3820
DOI - 10.25115/odisea.v0i7.164
Subject(s) - humanities , narrative , globalization , independence (probability theory) , history , trace (psycholinguistics) , art , political science , literature , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , law
La constante invasión de las lenguas en el mundo ha sido un fenómeno ampliamente estudiado. Este artículo se centra en un caso particularmente interesante, buscando, en primer lugar, rastreando los comienzos de la influencia del inglés en el dialecto del griego que se habla en Chipre y, en segundo lugar, explicar su continuo crecimiento en la historia contemporánea hasta el presente. La narrativa se construye sobre un número de comparaciones relativas a la posición del inglés, ambas sincrónica y diacrónicamente: Desde el colonialismo en Chipre y otras partes del mundo, hasta el esfuerzo por independizarse, y en el papel que juega la isla en los asuntos globales de hoyAbstract: The constant ‘invasion’ of Anglicisms in languages across the world has been a widely studied phenomenon. This paper focuses on a particularly interesting case, seeking, first, to trace the beginnings of the influence of English on the Greek dialect spoken in Cyprus and, second, to account for its continuous increase in contemporary history up to the present. The narrative is built upon a number of comparisons regarding the position of English, both synchronic and diachronic: from colonialism in Cyprus and other parts of the world, to the strive for independence, and on to the role the island pays in current global affairs

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